great weekend

liverpool beat man utd 2-1

sunny weather for the first time in a week. made the soccer at regent's park less of a mudfest

thames river festival! live music, fireworks!

also. i was just telling a friend of mine who was preparing for next week that i didn't think the lehman deal would be settled this weekend. lehman is not quasi-public and doesn't deal in anything as important as the mortgage market. so i said the bailout was just a rumour. but we'll see how next week unfolds. whoever was long on vix must be smiling today.

next week ramps up to 9 to 5 everyday with concurrent micro and stats classes and lectures, so that's another step busier than this week. luckily, have done problem sets in advance.